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High · 7.7 CVE-2022-23090 EUVD-2022-28195GHSA-3q8j-579q-jx44

AIO credential reference count leak

Published Feb 15, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025 · Assigned by freebsd

Description

The aio_aqueue function, used by the lio_listio system call, fails to release a reference to a credential in an error case.

An attacker may cause the reference count to overflow, leading to a use after free (UAF).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FreeBSD FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE – < p1, 13.0-RELEASE – < p12, 12.3-RELEASE – < p6 p1

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